On the Frolunda website, they said the reason was “Want to see Frölunda pride carved in stone above the Scandinavium? Now it may come true! Among Göteborg more than a thousand statues are a few sports-related. But the statue of Gothenburg greatest hockey player conspicuous by their absence. We want to change that!”

Lundqvist said that he would vote for Niklas Andersson and said that he did many good things for Frolunda over the years.

Andersson played for Frolunda from 2001 to 2011 and was a teammate of Lundqvist’s on the two championships that Frolunda won.